why do some people get kidney disease? In fact, this is closely related to daily living habits and ways. In daily life, we must pay attention to protect the kidney. What methods can protect the kidney?
kidney fear: only pay attention to tonifying the kidney and ignore kidney health
tonifying the kidney is a health preservation concept advocated by many people. Many people think that tonifying the kidney is tonifying the kidney“ This is a misunderstanding, “said Shi Wei, director of Nephrology Department of Guangdong Provincial People’s hospital. The” kidney “referred to in traditional Chinese medicine is a functional concept, including the comprehensive functions of reproductive system function, endocrine function and urinary system function of modern medicine. The “kidney” in modern medicine refers to the real kidney. The kidney is responsible for removing toxins, waste and excess water from the body. In addition, it also helps the body control blood pressure, regulate electrolyte concentration, produce red blood cells and so on. Once renal function is impaired, most are irreversible.
fear of kidney: big fish, big meat, too much protein
protein is an essential nutrient for human body. It is necessary to pay attention to protein intake, but this does not mean that “the more high protein food you eat, the better”. A balanced diet is enough for healthy people to supplement their daily protein needs. But now many professionals often socialize and eat big fish and meat, resulting in excessive protein intake. Shi Wei’s kidney protein intake will increase for a long time, and even lead to a long-term overload of the kidney. For people with renal impairment, the intake of protein should be strictly controlled. It is necessary to consult a nephrologist and formulate a diet under the guidance of a nutritionist.
in addition, I would like to remind you that protein is not limited to eggs and milk. All kinds of meat, seafood and beans contain high protein. When you are keen to eat high protein foods or blindly supplement high protein nutrients, be careful not to damage your kidneys.
kidney three fears: every day old fire soup, purine Duoduo
Cantonese “don’t enjoy without soup”, and they like to drink a bowl of old fire soup when eating. Old fire soup usually adds a lot of meat and cooks for two or three hours. When boiled for a long time, a large amount of purine will dissolve into the broth. Often drinking Laohuo Decoction with too high purine will cause uric acid to accumulate in the blood and increase the content of uric acid, which will not only easily lead to gout, but also damage the kidney.
another diet habit of “hurting the kidney” is a large number of seafood beer, because some components rich in seafood will greatly increase the content of uric acid in human blood and induce gout and gouty nephropathy under the action of beer.
kidney four fears: often hold back urine and drink less water
many people often hold back urine because they are too busy. Unexpectedly, holding back urine for too long is easy to lead to increased bladder pressure, bladder pressure reflex disorder and detrusor function decline, or affect the anti reflux mechanism of ureter bladder, resulting in urine reflux, which is easy to be complicated with pyelonephritis and renal function damage. Therefore, no matter how busy you are, don’t forget to go to the bathroom on time.
in addition, many people are too busy to drink water. If you don’t drink enough water, your urine volume will naturally decrease, and the concentration of waste and toxins in your urine will increase. Clinical common kidney stones are closely related to lack of water for a long time. Experts stressed that we should develop the habit of drinking more water and ensure at least 8 large glasses of boiled water every day (Note: don’t replace it with drinks). Drinking plenty of water can dilute the urine, make the urine excrete quickly, and help prevent stones.
kidney five fears: the diet is salty and the water is not easy to discharge
95% of the salt in our diet is metabolized by the kidney. If we eat too salty, the burden on the kidney will naturally increase.
plus the sodium in the salt will make it difficult for the water in the human body to be discharged, and further aggravate the burden on the kidney, resulting in the decline of renal function. At the same time, too salty diet will lead to increased blood pressure, kidney blood can not maintain normal flow, thus inducing nephropathy. It is suggested that the daily salt intake should be controlled within 6 grams.
kidney six fears: abuse drugs and poison the kidney
20 year old David felt “angry” because of toothache two months ago, so he opened several bags of traditional Chinese medicine in a clinic. However, one week after taking the medicine, he developed symptoms such as nausea, vomiting and anuria, and was rushed to Guangdong Provincial People’s Hospital by his family.
David was later diagnosed with renal failure (uremia) and needed lifelong dialysis or kidney replacement.